After regaining some of his strength, Gabriel finally stood up. He didn't have time to regain all his strength again since there was a time limit within the [Army of Undead] could be cast after the death of a person. Gabriel didn't want to miss that time limit.
Fortunately, there was still over ten minutes left before the limit was going to be over.
Gabriel still had some paleness on his face. However, he was much better than before. At least he could stand without any troubles and cast another Origin Tier Spell.
Gabriel called forth his Ancestral Staff of Necromancy to aid him in the spell.
The spell was long, but it was still easy to remember. With the Wordless Chant, it became even easier for Gabriel who finished the spell without much trouble.
A dark mist started rising around the body of Izen which was tainted with the aura of death that defied nature. The dark mist soon surrounded Izen and slowly entered his body through his nose.
Gabriel waited on the side for the process to complete. Now that the spell was effective, he was somewhat confident that he was going to succeed.
As Gabriel waited on the side, time kept passing. Soon, it had been over ten minutes since the dark mist entered Izen's body.
"Strange. Why isn't there any movement? Why don't I feel any connection with his soul anymore?"
As more and more time passed, even Gabriel was starting to get concerned. Generally, even after death, a body still had the soul of a person.
The [Army of Undead] used its strength to wipe the memories of that soul and turn it into a slave that could only listen to the caster while strengthening the body even more. That was how it was supposed to happen. However, something was different!
Currently, the soul should've already been discovered and wiped. However, let alone wiping the soul to a clean state, he couldn't even feel the soul at all!
"This is impossible. This shouldn't be!" Gabriel frowned, unable to understand. He had used the spell many times before, but never once did something so odd happen.
It was as if the soul... It didn't stay in the body for even a second after Izen was killed, which should've been impossible! A soul couldn't leave the body so easily! This was unheard of!
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There existed an unknown place. The atmosphere of the place was quite different from the place where Gabriel currently was. In fact, the place was much richer in the natural aura.
The air was cleaner, the sun was brighter and the air was brimming with magical energy! If anything, this place could've been considered to be a tier above from anything that Gabriel had seen so far.
In the strange place, there existed a strange mountain. The mountain had all the properties of an ordinary soul, which should've been more than enough for plants to grow there. But for some reason, not a single blade of grass could grow on the barren mountain.
There existed many beautiful courtyards in the mountain, all being made into geological locations where the magical energy was the heaviest! The courtyards were beautiful, but there was nothing in front of the beautiful palace-like structure that existed on the peak of the mountain.
The mountain was heavily guarded. Not a single person was allowed to even step on the foot of the mountain without permission. Everyone knew about the temper of the person who lived at the highest palace.
Even the guards didn't want to make a mistake by accidentally allowing someone on the mountain and offending the master of the mountain.
Inside the palace atop, there was a secret room. The palace absorbed the magical aura from the mountain peak through the magical formations and transferred all that to the secret room which could only be accessed by one person.
A man sat inside the secret room in a meditative position. The man's eyes were closed for a long time as he absorbed all the aura from his surroundings. The more he absorbed, the stronger he became.
It was unclear just how strong that person was, but one thing was evident. He was a name that was feared by many!
There was a mirror in front of the young man who looked as if he was only in his early twenties. The mirror had a beautiful golden frame and looked out of ordinary.
The mirror existed in this room for a long time but it never made any movement in the past. Unfortunately, it was different now.
The mirror suddenly started shining. The entire dark room was filled with light which made the young man open his eyes in surprise.
The young man opened his eyes and looked at the bright mirror ahead. In the center of the mirror, he could see a beautiful speck of light that was the reason behind all this light.
Surprise was clearly visible in the face of the man as he saw the speck of light in the mirror.
If the other people on the mountain knew that there was something which could surprise even this person, they would've been shocked to their core! There was nothing this man hadn't seen in his life after all.
"In such a desolate place, someone was able to kill him?" The man stood up. Even though his movements were gentle like an ordinary human, with every step he took closer to the mirror, the entire mountain shook as if there was an earthquake!
The man stopped in front of the mirror, observing the speck of light. "Could it be the Holy Lords? That doesn't make sense. They aren't strong enough. With the robe I gave the little one for his protection, he should've been able to protect himself. Unless... Unless a god intervened...?"
"That doesn't make sense either. Why would a god go to that desolate world? Why would they want to offend me for no reason?"
The man was quite confused. Even though he was surprised that Izen had died, he didn't look particularly sad. It was as if he had already given up on most of his emotions in this life, including the emotion of sadness.
"Good thing I've placed something on his soul before sending him there. I should be able to know some things through his soul." As the man spoke, he observed the small speck of light as if it was the soul he was talking about.
The young man reached out his hand and touched the speck of light. As he touched the speck of light, he closed his eyes to assimilate the information.
